#BCBBA8#BCBBA8

#BCBBA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.026 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBA8
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 168)
HSL	hsl(57, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -2.99, 9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 10.20, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0066 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.026 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5764, 49.0595, 44.1066)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBA8 #A8A9BC

analogous

#BCB1A8 #BCBBA8 #B3BCA8

triadic

#BCBBA8 #A8BCBB #BBA8BC

tetradic

#BCBBA8 #A8BCB1 #A8A9BC #BCA8B3

square

#BCBBA8 #A8BCB1 #A8A9BC #BCA8B3

split-complementary

#BCBBA8 #A8B3BC #B1A8BC

monochromatic

#848266 #A1A085 #BCBBA8 #D7D6CB #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBBA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BCBBA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBA8

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBA8	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.026 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc1',
    500: '#bcbba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbba8;
$custom-light: #d0cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78762,
    "c": 0.02623,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBA8

secondary

#DDDDE3

accent

#52974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBA8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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